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1. A method of representing shorthand characters and outlines by ordinary type-letters.
1891. Century Dict.
2. a. The art of using the stenotyper. b. Typewritten shorthand.
1899. Daily News, 19 July, 7/3. To read stenotypy the eye must learn a new style of type.
1904. Daily Record & Mail, 9 May, 4. The London Chamber of Commerce (which has included stenotypy in its syllabus as a special subject).
So Stenotyper, a shorthand typewriting machine. Stenotypist, one skilled in stenotypy.
1898. Business Lett. in Stenotypy, 2. Instructions for using the Stenotyper. Ibid., 19. A thoroughly capable Stenotypist and typist.